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Women are advancing the march to protect biodiversity
News, 09 October 2018
There is no more time to waste to stop twin crises of nature’s destruction and climate change
News, 06 May 2019
IIED's Susannah Fisher and David Dodman (top, centre) talk to stakeholders on a social learning project in Kenya (Photo: IIED)
Using learning partnerships to support change
… about a particular set of problems.  These processes can generate a community of practice to work on an issue, and also support the … to decision makers, policymakers and policy processes. Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG)  The Poverty and Conservation Learning Group is an international network of conservation …
Article, 24 April 2017
Men posing for a photo while constructing a weir with bamboo structures.
CBA14: explore with us how nature-based solutions support local action for adaptation
Insight, 21 August 2020
Headshots of four people over a sunrise over a lush forest
Getting climate resilience right – the case for backing smallholder organisations: Make Change Happen podcast episode 13
… in the face of climate change, and asks whether the international community will match their urgency and commitment with greater funding. … poverty reduction, food security, forest management, biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation. In …
Article, 13 September 2021
More than 100 representatives of indigenous mountain communities met in Peru's Potato Park in April 2017 to share their expertise and build their international network (Photo: Lucia Flórez Zelaya)
Mountain indigenous peoples call for support for biocultural landscapes to achieve the SDGs
News, 28 June 2017
The logo of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Local farmers are key to saving world's seed diversity
… to agree measures that will strengthen farmers' rights by supporting community-managed landscapes, particularly in areas with high …
News, 30 October 2017
Recovering wildlife populations in Namibia are largely attributed to policies that give local people rights to benefit from wildlife on their land (Photo: Ronald Woan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
There’s justice in the battle for biodiversity 
… including people – as an interdependent part of the living landscape. Conservation plans can and should include local people as biodiversity … if local people are forced from it.  CBD Aichi Target 11 calls for conservation sites to be managed equitably. Any investment in … aid and development budgets are carefully accounted for, supporting community efforts to tackle ecosystem degradation offers an extremely …
Insight, 28 June 2018
Fish Night 4 will hear from a record-breaking ocean skipper on her ocean experiences (Image: Nick Turner/IIED)
Fish Night 4: Governing our high seas. Why now?
… Pangaea Explorations , an organisation dedicated to marine education, conservation and exploration via a 72-foot sailing vessel. Penn shared … scientific analysis to developing solutions involving large-scale community involvement. Her discussion was followed by … Fish Night events bring together people from academia, government, conservation and the media to discuss issues around sustainable …
Event, 01 December 2018
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The Ploughshare Tortoise Protection Project, Madagascar
… Community patrols, recruited from some of Madagascar’s poorest … The case study was originally published as part of the compilation Conservation, crime and communities, published by IIED (2015) …
Publication, 01 February 2015